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Robert Nazarian
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Last year when Google introduced the first Google Play Edition (GPE) devices, many wondered if the Nexus line would be dead. Even yours truly made the prediction that we wouldn’t see a Nexus 5 phone, and of course, I was dead wrong. Well Eldar Murtazin sent out an interesting Tweet a few hours ago that stated that the Nexus line will end by 2015. He even went on to say that we can expect 2 or 3 devices this year, and that would be it.
Assuming this is true, why would Google wait that long to end the program? Why did they even bother releasing a Nexus 5? We all know that phones aren’t produced in 6 months. Between the design process, engineering, prototypes, and so on, it can take a couple of years. Google probably wanted to give those phones (and tablets) a chance rather than scrap them.
As I argued in my article last year, it really doesn’t make sense to continue the Nexus line because Google Play Editions fill the stock Android need. However, the majority of my critics argued that Nexus devices were important because they are priced right. Motorola can now fill that void with either stock Android GPE devices or their own lightly skinned version of Android.
Of course, there is a lot that can happen between now and next year so it remains to be seen if this Tweet will be right, but I am going to go ahead and predict that Mr. Murtazin will be right.
source: @eldarmurtazin
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